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The Future Freaks Me Out - Motion City Soundtrack
this just popped up in my google alerts
…The first one is definitely not me.
lol
So many folks I know struggle. They push forward with labored breath. There’s a strange sufferer’s unity at the moment; undeserving, good people faced with great opposition, in greater numbers than I remember at any other time in my life.
My three closest friends, in particular - all three of them! - struggle deeply right now. They wage very different campaigns, but each one of them faces rare, spirit-altering challenges that make the simple act of living a daily brawl.
My heart goes out to all of them. I pay close attention to each of them and apply the lessons they learn to my own life. I am a better person - a much better person - because of all three of these individuals. I will do what I can to help them.
This song is “Walk Like a Panther” by All Seeing I, featuring Jarvis Cocker. The performance is from the UK show Top of the Pops in 1999. I’ve always had a soft spot for this weird little number, because of the growl and tenacity. It’s about a guy who’s down and out, whose wife left him, whose currency has dropped substantially… but a guy who remains, despite his very real troubles, a force to be reckoned with.
So to my friends -
To all three of you -
You are forces to be reckoned with.
Walk like a panther!
All my love.
i’m so lucky to have this kid in my life. i would really be a sad case without him.
Years Later
When my ex boyfriend read this, he called me and said “I thought we had an agreement that you wouldn’t write about me.” I responded that I had no memory of such agreement.
You knew that in a year, you would be healed. That you would be sure you had made the right decision and that your life wouldn’t be lived in a waiting room anymore.
i really loved this georgia. <3
- Daniel: that does effectively sum it up when you think about it. plus i like that she didn't say shit. shit has many meanings nowadays. like, thats good shit or what the shit, stuff like that. shit can mean any noun. but poop is poop. it really drives the point home that it is feces that she wants to drop on the world. tell her kudos on the vernacular
- me: haha. i will
“ POOP ON THE WORLD
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Blame It On The Rain
Correct on all counts. Evidence presented: I just went to the Cheesecake Factory.June gloom/May gray — a CA weather phenomenon known, says Wikipedia, for bringing on dreary feelings — is upon us. Historically, a few things come with June gloom:
1. Everybody talks about how depressed they are, over wine or coffee. One person will be wearing a long-sleeved shirt layered under a sweatshirt layered under a blazer. The other person will be wearing a t-shirt and shorts. Both will feel simultaneously too hot and too cold, and unattractive.
2. Eating is twice as appealing as it was when the weather was sunny. The first few days of June gloom are spent in Fatburger. The following 20+ days are spent worrying about obesity, then cooking brownies, then worrying about obesity, and so on.
3. You cannot pass a store without going in, buying something, and then regretting it later in the day. For instance: I just bought a too-small (but very fetching) blazer, two pairs of flats, and a pair of jeans from Urban Outfitters. I wanted to buy none of these things, but I had to, because of June gloom. On the way home, I passed Koo Koo Roo, which I have hated ever since they went chapter 11 and traded in their formerly super-awesome original chicken sandwich for some monstrosity on wheaty ciabatta. I bought half a chicken and two sweet potatoes. I hate sweet potatoes. Then, finally, I passed CVS. I not only bought four kinds of $3 lipstick, but spent about 15 minutes advising a similarly manic-looking woman (with bulky Gap and Banana Republic bags over her arms) on face creams, which I know nothing about in general.
4. People start transitioning into new phases of life. Last year, we decided to move during June gloom. The year before, in 2007, we agreed to go on a cross-country road trip (probably to escape the June gloom). Etc. This might have something to do with the fact that the part of your brain which is perpetually entering into/graduating from school switches on, much like a phantom limb. Wanting to go up a grade. Forgetting that there are no grades anymore.
5. The only known cure for June gloom malaise is to convince someone you know to adopt a baby animal. It’s well-documented (see: Harris & Redgrave, “Documenting Inter-Species Relationships In The Nuclear Age Vol. I & II; Carson, Steinman & Lubovic “Puppies And You: A Study In Mood-Elevating Phenomena”). Baby animals, particularly puppies and kittens, are like kryptonite for weather-induced crappy feelings of inertia, boredom, and despair. It’s really the only way: you must spend as much of each day until July 1 staring into the glossy button-like eyes of a domestic creature recently sprung from its mother’s womb.
june gloom is fuckin killin me. but, we also saw the hangover. another excellent cure for the general malaise.
Look, even though I feel that this is an extremely shitty photo of myself, I’m posting it anyways. It’s the only picture I have of her and I together. The girl that is in this photo with me will always hold a special place in my heart.
I know a lot of people say she’s great, but that’s an understatement. She has HEART. I feel that heart is the main human ingredient that separates the good people from the shit ones.
Dear Sara:
Not just cuz’ we had deep conversations tonight, but because I’ve felt this way for a long time, YOU will always have a friend in me for as long as you would like.
Dear ssr!,
i will totally take you up on that offer. 4eva.
xoxo,
hotbox
- me: well at least you got to talk it out
- laura: at least you have a penis for a face
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